Sphaerocobaltite
Origin: Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mts., Morocco
Owner: Lou Perloff
Microscopic image
Origin: Kamoto mine, Kolwezi, Shaba, Dem. Rep. Congo
Owner: Lou Perloff
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Origin: Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mts., Morocco
Sample size: 3.4 x 2.9 cm
This specimen of calcite hosts a layer of small cobaltoan rich
calcite
crystals on quartzite and
calcite.
Found on the smaller
calcite
crystals are crystals to 2 mm across of deep magenta coloured sphaerocobaltite.
Pictured in the Mineralogical Record Vol 30, no. 4, page 272
Origin: Kakana, Shaba, DR Congo, Africa
Sample size: 5 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm (top), 3.5 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm (bottom)
John Veevaert, Trinity Mineral Co
A very colorful, brilliant magenta-colored specimen with druse of
sphaerocobaltite on which are perched even darker magenta-colored disc-shaped
crystals of another mineral (
calcite,
included?)
Sphaerocobaltite on
erythrite,
ex. Bill Smith Collection
Origin: Kakanda, Shaba Province, Zaire
Sample size: 3.2 x 2.3 x 1 cm (top), 6 x 4 x 4.4 cm (bottom)
Origin: Kolwezi, Shaba, Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
E.x Martin Zinn collection
Sample size: 4 x 3.6 x 1.1 cm
The Arkenstone
Raspberry red rhombic micro crystals to 0.5 mm in
dolomite
Origin: Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas, Morocco, United States
Sample size: 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
Light pink crystals to 1 mm and less with
malachite.
Origin: Musonoi mine, Shaba, Congo
Ex. Kidwell collection
Sample size: 6 x 4 x 4.2 cm
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